First Impressions – Page 2 – Toni Marie Ford

Mandalay – First Impressions

March 28, 2014

Another city, another 4am taxi ride. The bus doors open with a sigh and I’m slapped awake by the noise of a crowd of taxi drivers, fighting for our custom and yet completely blocking the exit. Just to escape the shouting and the shoving we squeeze through the doors and escape to a shack-like tea…
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On Inle Lake

March 25, 2014

I believe that sometimes you have to endure something awful in order to be rewarded with an experience that is spectacular and vice versa. It’s a kind of experiential karma, I suppose, a belief that we exist in tune with the overall balance of the universe, our positive and negative experiences simply adding colour to…
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